Overview
Collection Information
Size: 2 Reels, ca.20 items (on partial microfilm reels)
Summary: Photographs and clippings.
Reel NDA 1: Photographs of marble panels for the Alameda County Courthouse in Oakland, California done for the Federal Art Project.
Reel NDA 3(frames 21-30): Newpaper clippings from San Francisco, Oakland and Los Angeles papers on Simpson's murals and mosaics, 1934 and 1958.[untitled on microfilm]
Biographical/Historical Note
Marian Simpson (1899-1978) was a painter and mosaicist from Berkeley, Calif. Worked on the Federal Art Project of the Work Projects Administration.
Provenance
Material on reel NDA 1 lent for microfilming 1964 by Marian Simpson; and material on reel NDA 3 lent 1964 by Lewis Ferbrache.
Language Note
English .
Location of Originals
- Reel NDA 1: Originals returned to Marian Simpson after microfilming.
- Reel NDA 3: Originals returned to Lewis Ferbrache after microfilming.
